You Know You're In America When...

<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiq7AtiKVsqwqNm3n7VF3Zw2ukQSaOZrDRC5E-ph1-NLORwFqAtM-6SABugSFyASlTFea7wbPAcOdEpuBCz_0kwO9XI8NdUx1FIe7j4HR5HMyk28MRmB2vftTuU10yiVEWNTi705QGNZhF5/s1600/Mailboxes+OBR.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiq7AtiKVsqwqNm3n7VF3Zw2ukQSaOZrDRC5E-ph1-NLORwFqAtM-6SABugSFyASlTFea7wbPAcOdEpuBCz_0kwO9XI8NdUx1FIe7j4HR5HMyk28MRmB2vftTuU10yiVEWNTi705QGNZhF5/s1600/Mailboxes+OBR.jpg" width="425" /></a></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><i><b>...you see</b></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />mailboxes with little flags</div><div style="text-align: center;">American robins</div><div style="text-align: center;">yellow school buses</div><div style="text-align: center;">light switch on the lamp, not the cord</div><div style="text-align: center;">washer & dryer that can do a week's worth of clothes in two loads</div><div style="text-align: center;">free drink refills</div><div style="text-align: center;">a proper glass of iced tea</div><div style="text-align: center;">pellet ice</div><div style="text-align: center;">tax not included in original price<br />cars on the road that are not in good condition</div><div style="text-align: center;">right turning at a red light</div><div style="text-align: center;">high curbs</div><div style="text-align: center;">billboards</div><div style="text-align: center;">drive thrus</div><div style="text-align: center;">24 hour drug & grocery stores<br />abandoned grocery carts in the aisle with owners shopping on other rows<br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4IzjZtO26mF3DUVLi3nWkBQWX3E6Vl0KOd0sm5brU3RzW5-REYvpkVn3otCZLJpSi8VROp-cTlyj0cXElb9lHyqHHI42sOrQLO_50_Q4J0toC_szwPqFB-MSKV-iUs7EVPp8fLfto82eE/s1600/IMG_0760-001.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="436" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4IzjZtO26mF3DUVLi3nWkBQWX3E6Vl0KOd0sm5brU3RzW5-REYvpkVn3otCZLJpSi8VROp-cTlyj0cXElb9lHyqHHI42sOrQLO_50_Q4J0toC_szwPqFB-MSKV-iUs7EVPp8fLfto82eE/s1600/IMG_0760-001.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><b>...you hear</b></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">artful small talk as part of good customer service</div><div style="text-align: center;">'Bless You' from a stranger when you sneeze</div><div style="text-align: center;">hairdryers operating in the bathroom</div><div style="text-align: center;">a kitchen disposal<br /><br />Most of these things have an explanation of how it is done differently in the UK<br />It's interesting to see my home country through a different lens,<br />for we only return to the US a few weeks each year<br /><br />Just the other day I couldn't recall the denominations of the US coins<br />- in four years I've forgotten -<br /><br />Although I don't feel British,<br />my worlds have blurred together<br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Gratitude to</span><span style="font-size: x-small;"> <span id="goog_838508105"></span><a href="https://www.blogger.com/"><span id="goog_1628765275"></span>Privet and Holly<span id="goog_1628765276"></span></a> </span><span style="font-size: x-small;">for </span><br /><span style="font-size: x-small;">the use of her </span><span style="font-size: x-small;">mailbox photo</span><span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: x-small;">Second photo my own</span></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54489/35/2FD701A88E1AB920883327F28E3E4BF9.png" style="background: transparent; border: 0 !important;" /></a>

You Know You're In America When...

...you seemailboxes with little flagsAmerican robinsyellow school buseslight switch on the lamp, not the cordwasher & dryer that can do a week's worth of clothes in two loadsfree drink refillsa proper glass of iced teapellet icetax not included in original pricecars on the road that are not in good …

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